Program offers gift rewards aimed at local newcomers

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Mar 8, 2014 at 2:00 AM

SLATE HILL — Welcomemat Services, a gift rewards program for people who move to the area, will open March 10.Local businesses can subscribe to Welcomemat Services and provide newcomers to Orange County and parts of New Jersey and Rockland County with rewards like gift certificates for free pizza, said Krissy Many, who is opening the franchise with her husband, Kevin Many. The service helps build customer loyalty, she said. The rewards feature QR codes – barcodes that can be read by smartphones – with information about newcomers to the region, said Brian Mattingly, Welcomemat CEO.The businesses send all of the rewards that people bring in and redeem to Welcomemat. The company, using the QR codes, sends the businesses a report on their new customers, he said. The service is designed to help local businesses track how they’re growing, Mattingly said.